May 26, 2004

At least Hussein didn't hold detainees without counsel
Posted by Jon Henke

This is why I don't put a lot of stock in the impartiality of groups like Amnesty International.

The U.S.-led war on terror has produced the most sustained attack on human rights and international law in 50 years, Amnesty International said in its annual report Wednesday.
More than the Khmer Rouge, more than North Korea, more than the Sudanese wars - all of which have been responsible for the deaths of millions. More than China's Great Leap Forward which killed some 80 million+ people.

Yes, more than all of those, the war in Iraq, the abuses at Abu Ghraib, and the few hundred detainees at Guantanamo....those are the "most sustained attack on human rights and international law in 50 years".

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Funny everything I read about Iraq says the opposite. One of the defining threads I've seen in Iraqi bloggerdom is "at least we are free" and "but when we complained the Americans actually did something about it." One of the common threads about Abu Ghraib is "nobody would have been tried under Saddam, this was just something to be expected then."

Posted by: MrAcheson at May 26, 2004 12:34 PM

Sorry about the extra trackback. Forgot the link to the New Criterion article and didn't erase your trackback when I republished.

Posted by: tom scott at May 26, 2004 05:45 PM